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A federal judge on Friday blocked part of a Wisconsin law that requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital near their practice.U.S. District Judge William Conley last month temporarily stopped the measure, days after Republican Gov.
Military officials confirmed Friday that 60 service members have been dismissed or suspended this year as recruiters, drill instructors or sexual assault counselors because a review of their records found previous violations for offenses from public drunkenness to sexual assault.
A Seattle official whose advice that city spokesmen avoid the term "brown bag" as racially offensive has defended his position in the face of national ridicule over what critics called political correctness run amok.
CHICAGO - A small Illinois university said on Friday it was standing by a long-time psychology professor recently revealed to have shot and killed his father, mother and teenage sister in Texas more than four decades ago, although he was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Acting in the wake of the rail disaster that killed more than 40 people in Quebec last month, U.S. railway safety officials issued an emergency order late Friday toughening standards for securing unattended trains carrying hazardous materials.
A Tennessee musician on Friday became the first paddleboarder to cross the Florida Straits between Cuba and the United States, making the 110-mile journey in 28 hours as his father watched from a support boat. Ben Friberg, 35, arrived in Key West, Fla.
The Cleveland Courage Fund topped $1.3 million on Friday, with a spike in donations after the sentencing of kidnapper Ariel Castro.
Michelle Knight, one of the three women held captive by Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro, visited the street where she was imprisoned for more than a decade Friday and thanked the neighbors for their support. Knight, 32, showed up on Seymour Avenue around 10:30 a.m.
In July, House Democrats released the When Women Succeed, America Succeeds: An Economic Agenda for Women and Families. The overall goal of this economic agenda is to address the realities, disparities and opportunities for working women and families through effective policy and legislation. Here's a roundup of blog posts this week from the working moms series on Blogher and Hello Giggles, brought to you by the AFL-CIO, that highlight the need for paid sick days, pay equity and child care for working women and families (see blog posts after the jump).
A potential witness against reputed mob boss Whitey Bulger who died mysteriously during the trial was poisoned by a friend in an unrelated killing, Massachusetts prosecutors said Friday.
